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Jimmy Dyer, American 20th/21st Century |
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| About the Artist: Dedicated to communicating the beauty that he sees in life through his art, Dyer believes it is important to paint directly from life to create works of art that speak with integrity and energy. Working in oils, Dyer seeks to combine the light, color, and ‚"painterliness" of plein-air painting with the solid drawing and tonal accuracy of more academic styles of painting. Dyer graduated from the University of Dallas with a Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude), in three areas of study (painting, illustration, and advertising design). Dyer developed his career under the influence of America's finest painters while living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has found it necessary to travel in order to maintain vitality and inspiration, and has since painted in Europe, South America, Canada, and the Caribbean, as well as subjects from the Pacific to the Atlantic in the States. Dyer feels this constant challenge of new subjects stretches his abilities as an artist and allows him to return to his favorite subjects with new knowledge and a fresh eye. Those favorites include the people of Ecuador, Peru, the Caribbean and the landscapes of Vermont, Maine, New Mexico and the Rocky Mountains. The Artist on His Art: "I love the challenge of trying to capture many different things at once: the effects of light, form, an unusual design, the magic of nature, and the power of the human face and form. I especially love trying to capture the effects of sunlight." "I am endlessly fascinated by new people and places and desire to search them out far and wide. For example, some of my most revered subjects are the indigenous people of the Andes Mountains. I remain in awe of the spiritual quality of their simple, yet difficult lives." AWARDS: 2009 CampFire USA, Quick Draw award for 1st place 2009 CampFire USA, Plein Air award for 3rd Place 2009 CampFire USA, Artists Choice Award SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS: Galerie Kornye West Fall Invitational 2008, 2009 Art for the Parks 2005. Grapevine Gallery: One Man "Open House" Show, August 1992, August 1993, August 1994, August 1995, August 1996, August 1997, August 1998, August 1999, August 2000, August 2001, August 2002, Oklahoma City, January 2003, August 2003. Gilcrease Museum: "American Art in Miniature," 1992,1993,1994. National Museum of Wildlife Art: "Western Visions" miniature shows, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Albuquerque Museum: "Miniatures '94", "Miniatures '95", "Miniatures '96", "A Tapestry" , 1986. Settlers West Gallery's "American Miniatures," 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Settlers West Gallery's Summer Show, 1988, 1989,1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,1996, 2006 "The Classic" art show and sale, Albuquerque, 1986,1987,1995, 1996. Alterman Art Gallery's "Miniatures, Small Paintings and Sculpture Show," 1985, 1987, 1988. The Greenwich Workshop Gallery's "Miniature Show," 1985,1986,1987. Corpus Christi Gallery's "Miniature Show," 1985,1987,1988. "Preview 1988," "Preview 1983," annual auctions put on by Texas Art Gallery. Artists Union Gallery's "Miniatures 1985." "Haley Library Western Art Show", Midland ,Texas, 1985, 1986. "Biltmore Celebrity Show," 1983, 1984. "Shriver Gallery Annual Summer Show," 1983,1984. 10th and 11th "Annual Stamford Art Foundation Art Exhibit and Sale," 1983, 1984. "Southwestern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition," 1982 MAGAZINE ARTICLES: Southwest Art, May, 2006. Western Art Digest, January/February, 1987. Southwestern Profile, Feature article, September, |
